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and vulnerary, corroborant and diuretic, warm and stimulating. It 

 is used in the form of poultice for wounds, sores, bruises, &c. In infu- 

 sion, it is taken for colic, cramps, headache, indigestion, &c. The whole 

 plant is used both green and dry. Schrepf extols it in lochial colic, 

 bites of snakes, rheumatic pains, in strong friction with the leaves. 

 Dr. Mease says the root infused in cider has cured the dropsy. The 

 decoction is good in the sore backs of horses. 



187. Grlecoma. Two species ; 14, 1, L. 



Glecoma hederacea. Gill; grow by the ground; ground ivy. 

 Sec. This is tonic and stimulant, and useful in affections of the 

 lungs and kidneys. It is also somewhat aperient; it is pectoral 

 and ophthalmic ; used for debility of the viscera, for coughs, obstruc- 

 tions, and for cleansing abscesses in the kidneys and lungs. It has 

 been employed in jaundice, the hypochondriac disease, colic, and 

 asthma. As a sternutatory, it has been employed in headache. 



188. Hyssopus nepetoides. Four species ; 14, 1, L. Off. It is 

 a warming stimulant, and slightly aromatic. An infusion of it is 

 in high repute in coughs and chronic affections of the lungs. It is 

 very diaphoretic and expectorant, and it is in great demand in fevers 

 and acute complaints. 



189. Melissa. Eleven species ; 14, 1, L. 



Melissa cataria. Catnip; catmint. Sec. This is altered from 

 nepeta to melissa. An infusion of the plant is deemed by some to 

 be almost specific in chlorosis. Cats are very fond of it, and eat 

 it with avidity. It is carminative and stimulant, and much used in 

 the flatulence of infants. Miller says that, if it be raised from 

 seeds, cats will not meddle with it. In support of this opinion, he 

 quotes an old saying : " If you sow it, the cats will know it ; if you 

 set it, the cats will eat it." It is said to have been advantageously 

 administered in amenorrhoea. Lindley. 



190. Leonorus. Eight species ; 14, 1, L. 



Leonorus cardiaca. Motherwort. A decoction of this plant has 

 similar properties with valerian, and is used in nervous and hys- 

 terical affections. It is stimulant and pectoral, and is employed for 

 coughs, catarrhs, and heartburn. 



191. Chenopodium. Synonym, Ounila. Five species ; 14, 1, L. 



